Savagery And Evil In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

After a plane crash, a group of boys are stranded on an island, no adults, food, or no hope of rescue. The group of boys go their own way, but some will fail to be civilized and take on their own persona, it determines the character based on how they descend into savagery and evil. In the novel Lord of the Flies Golding explores human nature, in which the island demonstrates that human beings have a dark side which is attracted to savagery and evil. Without the external order of civilization, they too will descend into dark impulses. I support Golding’s ideas because in the novel, Ralph tries to create order but ultimately fails and descends into savagery, Jack who is drawn toward dark impulses destroyed order, and the conch and the pig’s head

The conch which represents order, and assembly meanwhile the pig’s head represents savagery, and evil. However, there is connection between one another that clearly goes with Goldings ideas how human beings have a dark side no matter how much order the conch represents it still has an effect on dark impulses. We are presented in the story that, the conch which brings together everyone and it’s the only way the kids are civilized. Meanwhile, we see the pigs head as taking over Simon and neglecting him. So how does this show Goldings ideas? Well, as we take a look at Piggy’s death he dies when holding the conch now this shows how the conch was once order but later progressed to evil. As Piggy got the conch with him when going to Castle Rock he holds the conch and gets himself killed by Roger. Likewise, the pig’s head represents evil also, because when Simon was in the woods by himself, the pig was “talking” to him, and saying how he doesn’t want fun. So again as Simon realized that the beastie was a pilot he gets himself killed. The pig’s head was warning Simon by saying, “[Lord of the flies ] We are going to have fun on this island! So don’t try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else-”(114). But as Simon goes down the mountain, he gets himself killed for trying to tell the